Bagging machine



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WALTER M. INGRAM, OF SUDBROOK PARK, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE SANITARY TEA BAGGINGOOMPANY, OF BALTI- MORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

:BAGG'TNG MAGHINEL Application led September 19,' 1924. Serial No. 738,637.

This invention relates to, bagging ma- Figure l is a view in side elevation of the chines and has for an'object to provide a machine associated with the automatic machine for co-acting with an automatic weighing machine mentioned, certain parts weighing machine, the entire combination being broken away to show otherwise hidden of which automatically weighs and bags a constructions.A v 55 commodity in a new and improved manner. Figure 2 is a view in general vertical di- A further object of/ the invention is to ametrical section. provide a bagging machine which auto- Figure 3 is a top plan view ofthe bagmatically cuts the units of the-bag, deposits ging turn table taken on line 3-f3vof Fig-I the commodity therein and sews the bag to ure 2. l

a complete closure ata single operation. Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view A further object ofthe invention is to through the exhaustl mechanism taken on provide a bagging machine which will proline 4.--4 of Figure 2. duce a merchandising and culinary bag of Figure 5 is alhorizontal sectional vie-W material as disclosed in co-pending applilthrough the feeding and cutting mechanism 65 cation Serial No. 734,350 filed August 25, taken on line 5-5 of Figure 2. 1924. Figure 6 is a top 'plan viewas indicated A further object of the invention is to by lines 6-6 of Figure 2, certain operating provide a bagging machine having a chute arts being broken away.

for introducing a commodity so arranged as Figure 7 is a top plan view ofthe step 70 to cut from a strip of fabric a disk, deby step gearing taken o n line7-7 of Figposit the commodity thereon, cut and place ure 2. a second disk upon the first mentioned disk Figure 8 is an inverted plan view of the and the commodity, and sew the marginal cam as indicated by arrow 8 of Figure`2.

edges of the superposed disks -entirely Like characters of reference indicate cor- 75 around the perimeter to form a complete responding parts throughout the several commodity bag. views.

A further object of the invention is to The improved bagging machine which provide improved means for-holding the forms the subject matter of this application disks which are combined to form a comis adapted to be used in conjunction with a 30 plete bag during the filling and sewing steps weighing machine which except for certain of operation of the machine. operating parts forms no partof the pres- .A further object of the invention is to ent invention, such machine being indicated provide improved means for holding the generally at A', and which forms the subwhile the secon disk is being cut and supercoincidentally herewith.

osed thereon. The bagging machine proper is supported A further object of the invention is to upon a deck 10' which in turn is supported provide mechanical constructions and moveby certain uprights 11, the number and po- 40 ments for operating the device to perform sition of such uprights forming no essen- 90 the several functions enumerated. tial limitation of the present invention but With these and other objects in view, the arranged and positioned as occasion may invention comprises certain novel parts, elemake necessary or desirable. The entire ments, units, combinations, constructions, structure is supported upon a platform 12 1:5 mechanical movements, interactions and or any other similar supporting means. 05 functions, as disclosed in the drawings, to- Above the deck 10, an upright 1 3 1s erected gether with mechanical and functional which supports certain parts of the bagging equivalents thereof as will be 'hereinafter machine and likewise vsupports the weighmore fully described and. claimed, in device A. 5 In theodrawings; he bagging machine comprises a turn, 100

commodity in position upon the irst disk ject matter of a co-pending application filed i tame 14 which is provided 'with 'a hub 15 and driven by a gear 16 rigidly connected with said hub or formed integral therewith as' portions are found desirable .in operation,

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the invention is not limited to these specific relations andicomprises` any arrangement for operating the gear 16 with a step by step The gear 17 is operated by a shaft 18 which is driven from any prime mover as the motor indicated conventionally While the particular gearing for driving this shaft 18 from the motor 19 is unimportant and no limitation upon the invention, it is shown inthe drawings as comprising a pinion 20 mounted directly upon the armature shaft 21 and intergeared with a gear 22 carried by a shaft 23. This-shaft 23 is intergeared with the shaft 18 inany v approved manner as by the worm gearing 24 so that, as the motor 19 is operated, the shaft 18 is rotated continuously and through the medium of the mutilated gear 17 oper- I. ates t-he gear 16 intermittently.

t Upon the turn table 14 are mounted a plurality of cups 25 which are -provided with tubular conduits 26 forming'a journal for the free rotation of the cups 25 in the turn table and independent of the rotation of the turn table and communicating with radial tubes 27 which in turn connect with the hub 15. The hub 15 is in communication with a conduit 28vwhich connects with an exhaust mechanism 29 as shown at Figure 1, so that said conduit 28 is under continuous exhaust.

. jThe end ofthe conduit 28 extends upwardly ,action for the purposes into the hub 15 and is cut away as indicated at 3() (see Figure 4) so that three of the tubes 27 are under the action of the exhaust, the fourth being free from such exhaust hereinafter mentioned. I

The cups 25 are provided about or adjacent to their perimeters with a plurality of upstanding penetrating pins 31. As the turn table 14 carrying the plurality of cups .25 is rotated with a step by step movement 1n themanner above described, it brings two of the cups 25 under stripsv 32 of fabric (see Fig. 1) which fabrics are fed from each end by means of points 33 carriedupon sprocket chams 34 which in turn operate over sprockets 35 upon the driven shafts 36 and sprockets 37 u on the idler shafts 38. The s afts 36 are riven by means of anyconvement. gearing indicated conventionally at 39, whchas shown embraces a shaft 40 and 'gears 17, the strips of material 32 are being fed forward a distance to cover the two f cups 25. This feeding mechanism is carried upon a plate 44 which forms a bearing for the shaft 42 and lis held against rotation which extends to and is connected with the upright 13. Above this plate 44 a guide block 46 is located which may be formed integral with the plate 44, as indicated by the section lines at Figure 5, and is held stationary in the same manner by the brace 45, as indicated at Figure 2.l This guide block 46 is provided with bosses 47 registering with openings 48 in the plate 44. The guide block 46 and plate 44 are so arranged that the strip of material 32 passes between the block and plate and over the openings 48 beneath the bosses 47. Mounted to reciprocate in the bosses 47 are cutters 49 proportioned to coact with the margins of the openings 48 to form a shear cut for the fabric 32.

located between the block -46 and the plate '44. Preferably. the cutting edge of thecutters 49 are scolloped as at 50'merely for ,in any approved manner as by the brace 45 Figure 2, the cutters 49 are formed of sheet or similar metal bent to a cylinder with substantially abutting edges as'indicated at 51, permitting Suflicient resiliency of the cutters to at all times properly fit not only the bosses 47 but the cutting opening 48.

These cutters 49 are operated simultaneously by means of a yoke 52,` the ends of which are fulcrumed at 53. The yoke is connected directlyl with the cutters 49. Such connection in-one instance is means of a ring 54 having ears 55 (see Figure 2) pivotedto the cutter 49 at 56. This forms an opening for the introduction of the commodity through the chute 57'which is the connecting element between the weighing machine A and the bagging machine which' forms the subject matter of this application.

with the shaft 18, the cam groove of which preferably by tioned by the assures engages a roller 61 upon the lever 62 connected to the link 63 which in turn connects with the bell crank lever 64 pivoted to the link 59. rl`he groove of the cam is so arranged as vto oscillate the cutters in proper timed relation with the operation of the balance of the mechanism as will be hereinafter more fully described.

'As the turn table 14 rotates, the disks of fabric located thereon will be brought into position to be operated upon by a sewing machine which is indicated conventionally at 65 in Figure 2, vsuch sewing machine per se forming no part of the present invention and any type of machine capable of performing the operation may be employed in ing machine formiment an essential part of the bagging machine but specically unimportant to the present' invention.

ln operation, the strips of fabric material are introduced between the plate 44 and the guide block 46 carried by the teeth 33 of the sprocket chains 34 so that they shall cover' both of the openings 48 in the plate 44. The relation of the gears 16 and 17 is such that conjunction with the bag the gear 17 operates the turn table to bring 25 under the two cutters 49. ln this position both of the cutters descend, operated in thev manner hereinbefore menactuation of the lever 58 to sever two disks from the fabrics 32 and move them downwardly to be impaled upon the penetrating points 31. One of these fabric disks comes directly in contact with the cup 25 and is subjected to the exhaust as mentioned. This serves to hold the fabric in position while the commodity indicated at two of the cups Figure 2 is introduced through the chute 57 Y lycut and pushed and through the cutter 49 upon this disk, the exhaust servingalso to hold the commodity in position owing to the open weave of the fabric which is preferably of a coarse and very open structure. 'llhe cutting of the disk and impaling it upon the enetratin points as indicated at Figure 2, die disks t ere being given the number 32 for identification,

is accomplished simultaneously or approximately instantaneously. rllhe cutters rise and 'the turn table 14 is rotated a fourth of a revolution by the action of the 1 to 4 gearing 17 upon the gear 16 so that the said commodity disk 32 is now brought under`the second cutter and another cup 25 brought under the initial cutter. rlhis action is repeated so far Vas the initial disk is concerned and at the second cutter a second disk is simultaneousdownwardly and likewise impaled upon the points 31, this disk being marked for identification 32" at Figure 2. This cup, the two disks and the contained commodity are still subjected to the action o the exhaust which holds all of the parts properly positioned upon the cup 25 which is Vfirst mentioned cup in f disks on said points,

with the table 14 bringing said position to be acted upon by the sewing machine 65. 'lhe sewing machine engages the extending perimetrical edges of the two disks 32 and 32". forming a stitching thereabout, such stitching being accomplished by the rotation of the cup 25 and the feed of the sewing machine, no other means for rotating said cup being necessary. The sewing machine is preferably of the type which will form a zigzag or binding stitch over the perimetrical edges of said superposed disks, the particular type of sewing machine is not essential to the present invention.

At the next step by step movement of the turn table 14 and its several cups, the bag now sewed and'completed is removed. While some automatic means may be employed for the purpose, none is-here shown and such removal is or may be accomplished manually.

lt will he seen that'at each stop of the turn table 14 a disk is cut, impaled upon the points 31 upon one cup and the commodity introduced upon said disk, while simultaneously a second disk is cut and superposed upon the previously cut disk and contained commodity and at the same time the sewing machine is operating to close the organized units of a complete commodity bag while at the fourth step the completed bag is being removed. At said fourth position, is no longer subjected to the action of the exhaust, so that it may be easily removed, mechanically or manually.

As all of the parts, elements and mechanical movements which go to make up or coact in the present case are vcapable of being driven and operating at a very high rate of speed,

again rotated table, means to rotate the turn table with a step by step movement, a plurality of cups carried by said turn table, a fabricfeeder, means to cut disks from the fed fabric and locate them upon said cups, means to introduce a commodity between the positioning of the first and second disks, and means to unite the edges of said superposed disks.

2. A bagging machine comprising a turn table, a plurality of cups carried by said turn table and provided with upstanding penetrating points, a fabric feeder, means to sever disks from them upon said penetrating points upon said cups, means to introduce a commodity between tlie positioning of the iirst and secon and means to unite the edges of said disks with thecommodity con'- tained.

although 'as hereinbefore stated the bag the fed fabric and impale 3. A bagging machine comprising a turn table, a plurality of. cups mounted to rotate freely upon said turn table and provided with upstanding perimetrical penetrating points, a fabric feeder, means to sever disks from the fed fabric and impale them upon said penetrating points, means to introduce a commodity between the positioning of the first and second disk, and means employing the rotation of the cups for closing the perimetrical edges of said superposcd disks.

et. A bagging machine comprising a turn table carrying a plurality of cups mounted and free to rotate thereon,'means subjecting said cups to exhaust throughout a portion of the rotation of said turn table, penetrating points upstanding from the perimetrical edges of said cups, a fabric feeder, means to sever disks from the fed fabric and impale them upon said penetrating points, means to introduce a commodity uponone disk preceding the impaling of the second disk thereon, means employing the rotation of the cups for closing the perimetrical edges of said superposedr disks, and means to relieve the exhaust from said cups following said closing operation.

5. A bagging machine comprising a turn table having radial arms in communication with an exhaust mechanism, a plurality of cups carried by said turn table in communication with said exhaust arms, penetrating points upstanding about the perimeters of said cups, a fabric feeder, means to actuate the fabric feeder with a step by step movej ment, cutters positioned to sever disks from the fed fabric and impale them upon the upstanding penetrating points, means to introduce a commodity upon the first impaled disk preceding the impaling of the second disk, means' for closing the perimetrical edges of,said superposed disks, and means to relieve the exhaust from said cup following s'aid closingoperation to facilitate removal of the completed commodity bag.

6.' A bagging machine comprising a turn table, an exhaust mechanism, a conduit eX- tending from said exhaust mechanism to said turn table, a plurality of sockets formed adjacent the perimeter of said turn table and in communication with said exhaust conduit, cups mounted to rotate in said sockets and having conduits therein subjected to said exhaust, a fabric feeder, means to actuate the feeder, means tosever a plurality of disks simultaneously from the fed fabric and position them upona plurality of said cups, means to introduce a commodity upon the first positioned disk before the application of the second disk, means to close the perimetrical edges of said superposed disks, and means to relieve the exhaust from said exhaust mechanism to facilitate removal of the closed bag.

7. A bagging machine comprising a turn table, means to rotate the turn table a predetermined cycle intermittently, a plurality of cups carried by said turntable corresponding in number to the cycles of operation, a fabric feeder, cutters positioned over some of said cups at their positions of rest, a fabric introduced between the cups and the cutters by said feeder, means to operate the cutters to sever disks from the fabric and position them upon the cups, means to introduce a commodity upon the initial disk preceding the application of the second disk, and means operating in conjunction with one of said cups at its position of rest to close the edges of said superposed disks.

'8. A bagging machine comprising a turn table, means to advance the turn table with a step by step movement providing periods of movement and periods of rest, a plurality of cups carried adjacent the perimeter of said turn table, penetrating points upstanding from said cups, a plurality of cutters positioned to co-act with some of said cups at their positions of rest, means to introduce a fabric between the cutters and cups. means to actuate the cutters intermittently to sever disks from the fabric and impale them upon said penetrating points, means to introduce a commodity upon the initial disk preceding the application of the second disk, a sewing machine positioned to engage the perimeters of said superposed disks upon one cup at the position of rest and to rotate the cup to unite said perimetrical edges, and means to advance the fabric intermediate said operations.

9. In a bagging machine, a'plate having a plurality of openings, a guide block having openings registering with the openings of said plate, means to introduce a fabric between said plate and said block, a sprocket chain having a plurality of points engaging the margins of the fabric, means to rotate the turn table with a step by step movement, means to advance the sprocket chains to feed the fabric synchronously with the rotation of the turn table, cutters carried by the guide block for severing disks from the fabric, and means carried by the turnv l2. ln a bagging machine, an exhaust cup exhaust mechanism, a plurality of impaling ,having about its perimeter a plurality of points upstanding about the perimeter ofthe upstanding impaling points, and means to cup, and means to move the cup Without in-l l@ move the exhaust cup into and out of opterrupting the exhaust. erative relation. In testimony whereof l aiiix my signa- 13. lin a bagging machine, an exhaust ture. mechanism, a cup in communication with the WALTER M. MGRAM. 

